After considering all primary and secondary sources‚ I think that the Austro-Hungarian Government had a big responsibility when Franz Ferdinand was assassinated and were stubborn enough not to accept any pity from the Serbian government. Instead‚ they used the pity as a way to abuse the power they had over Serbia. Yes‚ a Jugoslav did assassinate Franz Ferdinand‚ but despite the fact that he had treated the South Slavs without any mercy‚ the Serbian Government had still sent their condolences and
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Achievements of Albert Einstein in his life * Einstein showed that absolute time had to be replaced by a new absolute: the speed of light. Einstein went against the grain and totally dismissed the "Old Physics." He envisioned a world where space and time are relative and the speed of light is absolute (at the time‚ it was believed that space and time were absolute and the speed of light was relative). * He asserted the equivalence of mass and energy‚ which would lead to the famous
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vision from god to travel west to the blessed isles. He lived on an island known as Canada today. He taught Indians many things including agriculture. Marco Polo had an influence on others from his long dangerous but successful journeys to China. In 1477‚ the Caxton press was invented. This invention is what made Marco Polo’s book‚ The Travels of Marco Polo so popular. Hence influencing others to travel west‚ such as Christopher
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The prolific writings of both Marco Polo and Ibn Battuta give accounts of early world travel and exploration during the middle ages‚ these two explorers’ managed to travel the length of the Eurasian empire‚ while creating written accounts of their adventure. When comparing these two individual writings on their travels and perception of cultures‚ religion and trade also their reasons for travel it is imperative that we acknowledge that these two individuals came from very different back rounds Polo
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Ferdinand de Saussure Ferdinand de Saussure (/sɔːˈsʊr/ or /soʊˈsʊr/; French: [fɛʁdinɑ̃ də sosyʁ]; 26 November 1857 – 22 February 1913) was a Swiss linguist whose ideas laid a foundation for many significant developments in linguistics in the 20th century.[1][2] He is widely considered one of the fathers of 20th-century linguistics.[3][4][5][6] One of his translators‚ Emeritus Professor of Linguistics (Oxford University)‚ Roy Harris‚ summarized Saussure’s contribution to linguistics and the study
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Florida Senator Marco Rubio admits he finds the State Department’s response to the attacks on the diplomats in Cuba “ridiculous‚” in an interview that took place on Sunday‚ October 1st‚ with CBS correspondent John Dickerson. During the interview‚ Rubio explains that there is “…very little that happens in Havana that the Cuban government does not know about‚ especially Americans working for the State department.” According to the New York Times‚ the attack that Rubio refers to is when approximately
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“The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber and “Uncle Marcos” by Isabel Allende‚ they dream about different situations happening to them that would not happen in their regular life. Mitty always imagined himself as different people‚ sharing Mitty’s identity‚ doing different and more exciting jobs than the one he had currently. Marcos‚ in an opposing situation‚ imagined flying away in his “bird” over the city far away. Both “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “Uncle Marcos” have contrasting
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The San Marco bowl is a Byzantine vessel made of purple and red glass embellished with bright polychrome and enamel paint. It is seventeen centimeters high and deep‚ and 33 centimeters wide. The bowl became the property of the Treasury of San Marco after the Fourth Crusade from the Venetian booty of Constantinople and is one of the most prized glass objects of the Byzantine period (The MET). Although despite its significance to Byzantine fine art‚ the bowl’s origins‚ significance‚ and date of creation
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“The Ethics of Multitasking” (How multitasking is effecting work ethic‚ privacy‚ and the lives of many people.) By For Phil Howard BL 260 I. “The Ethics of Multitasking‚” By Bruce Weinstein was published on September 4‚ 2009 by Bloomberg Businessweek Companies & Industries. II. This article written by Bruce Weinstein‚ talks about the relationship of Ethics to multitasking and how Multitasking negatively effects a person. At the beginning of the article‚ Weinstein talks
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Introduction: Undoubtedly‚ the final spark that led to the Great War was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ presumed heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne‚ and his wife Sophia on July 28‚ 1914. No other murder in history has triggered a chain of events of such scale – a world war‚ the collapse of imperialism‚ and socialist revolution. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand ultimately led to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia on July 28‚ 1914. But the move to war was more
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